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Imagine for a bit that you want to build and run a hospital. First you would need to determine what the hospital will be for – cancer treatment, pediatric, psychiatric, rehab, or just general. Once you’ve got the plan you need to build it. Then you need the people to run it – the doctor’s and nurses,…

God, the Creator God’s power is revealed in the initial creation and the continuing sustenance of the universe. Humanity represents the climax of the Creator’s purposes. Ne 9:6 See also Ge 1:1 ; Isa 45:7 ; 66:2 ; Eph 3:9 ; Rev 4:11 6 You alone are the Lord ; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens,…

As we get ready for the celebration of Jesus’ birth we’ve been looking at what John’s gospel says about who Jesus is. He starts by calling Jesus the Word who was with God, and in fact is God. This shows us that in Jesus we see both what God is like and what God wants of us. Because He is God, He shares…

Introduction: 1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord ; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the…

Why is this such an important day? It redefines life. Who Christ Is 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created…

John 1:6-8 . 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. Who is represented by light? Jesus is represented by light . Which John is…

God created Man, not Man creating God!

God tells Moses - 16 He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him. Can you imagine being told by God you are to be as God to someone else? But may I daresay, every one of us who are Christians are as God to someone. We as Christians are ambassadors…

John 1:3 . 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. Jesus is the Creator , as the Incarnate Word John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The…

God had a plan from the beginning... Genesis 1:1 God Created! Genesis 1:14-19 God spoke… He literally breathed out stars! (Day 4) 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;…

Why Jesus? If you are a Christian you might find this question offensive. If you are not a christian maybe this is the question you are trying to answer. But to a Christian, this is not something you question. Why? Because that is precisely what the author of Hebrews is asking the readers to do. For…

I would like to thank everyone for being here this Sunday. You had many choices in front of you for the day but you choose to worship with us at Concord UMC. I am honored and grateful for you making that decision. I cannot believe that we are moving into our second part of our Bedrock Series as we begin…

This Week’s Theme: Serve the Creator! This Week’s Word is God: The Creator and Redeemer of the world, who reveals himself in Scripture and in Jesus Christ, and who is loved, worshipped and adored by believers. Scripture stresses the personal nature of God, and also his total reliability and trustworthiness.…

GOD CREATED… this is a powerful phrase! God brought into existence, created, made life! ( John 1:4 … “ In Him was life ”) Psalm 33:6 ; 9 the psalmist states powerfully.... By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded,…

What would it be like to live in a world where you didn’t have God’s presence with you? When we talk about the presence of God we have to explain what aspect of his presence that we are talking about. For God is all-present, called omnipresence. For our children today - That means God is everywhere.…

This morning its good to be back and be able to start a new year with a new series. For the next several weeks we’re going to be moving through the beginning of our Bibles. We’re going to be spending a lot of time in the first few chapters of Genesis - and I will forewarn you that we’ll be going slow.…

Today Pastor Chase works through Scripture shed light on the question, "Who is God?" in our next series titled "Foundations of our Faith". Grab your Bible and dive in with us!

What a Majestic God! All creation is the work of His hands.

Genesis not only speaks of the beginning, it is the beginning, origin, or source of every major doctrine in Scripture. Every teaching can be foundationally understood through what is known as the "Law of First Mention". Due to this fascinating discovery, it is of absolute necessity that we establish a unique bond with the Genesis scroll. In case you weren't aware of it, there's even a greater mystery and blessing in the first verse and the first word of Genesis. Join me as we discover the rhema of the text.

Have you ever sat at a table with that person who you always avoid. They have an opinion about everything. They always seem to be right. And, then, when you hit that certain topic, you want to run, because they get heated. Too heated. Like the cops-might-be-called heated. And then, your other friend…